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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-01-18
ALEXANDRIA "a TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY Is. 1887
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rs1HE ENTERPRISE MEAT CHOPPER IS the
/ best docs rot grind the meat. like other
cutters, but CHOPS 1T. 1t is useful for many
purposes ALL THE YEAR ROUND in preparing
chicken salad, beef tes, mince meat, hash, &c
For sale by jas T. CARLIN s. SONS,
noyS Alexandria We.
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ADVICE 10 MOTEEgs.

MRS WINsLow's SOOTHING 5YBuF, ior chill
dren teething, is the prescription OF ono o the
best female nurses and physicians i: the fInitei
States, snd has been used for forty years With
never-failing success by millions of mothers foF
their children. During the process Of teething
is value is incalculable. It relieves tis child
from pain, cures dysentery and diarrhws, gripi1s
IN me bowels, and wind.colic. By giving health
to lie childit rests the mother. Price "a cents
bottle, mY6-1yJlj.W&g
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dec24 cots
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DREECa LOADING GUNS, fine quality. Shell
= eiecting Double action and other Pistols,
Loading Implements, Shells Caps, Primers, Wads
and other goods in same line, will be sold at low
prices, at So King, corner OF Royal streets Call
an, noy14 J.T. CREIGHTON & SON.
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: DMINIsTRAToR'SNo uudersign-
Il ed having qualified as administrator upon
the estate Of LUTHER W. HATCH, deceased,
late OF Alexandria county, Virginia, notice is
hereby given to all persons indebted to said es-
tate 10 make payment of such Indebtedness to
him, and all persons having claims against said
estate to present the same properly verified for
settlement -. HARRISON iiATCH,
dec21 ec4w Admr of l. W Hatch deceased.
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The "Favorite Prescription" of Dr. Pierce
cures female weakness" and kindred af-
fections. By druggists.
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A4tA-

I cred in this city of Hayeand 6c Co S and
other makes of French China Aftcr-Dinner Cof-
fees, Fruit Plates, Ice Cream and Salad Sets,
Buckwheat Cake Plates new, Biscuit Jars, Tea
and Dinner Sets, besides many smaller articles too
numerous to mention. For sale by
dec13 z. ]. MILLER, SOE & co.
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SPECIFICS

For sale By
feb23 JD. Il. LUNT.
SPORTSMEN, NoTICE-We have the best and
y largest stock of PAPER and BRASS SHELLS
n the city and at prices to suit all; also WADS,
CAPS and all kinds of LOADED CARTRIDGES.
J: T. CARLIN s SONS
sepS Alexandria, Va.
WROUGHT SPIKES FOR BRIDGE and BOAT
W BUILDERS ST SO King, corner OF Royal
street. An assortment Of sizes for sale cheap to
close out
scp27 1T. CREIGHTON & SON.
NEW CURRANTS and CRANBERRIEs just
~ received By
oct20 J. C. MILBURN.
A LL-WooL KNIT GLOVES, with saranac
n front, for driving, at
nov19 AMOS B, sLAYMAKERs
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WASHINGTON. Nav 10.

To the editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
Your Washington correspondent miscon
ceived the connection in which Istated that
Prof. MCGEE had predicted the destruction
of the Washington monument and the
blocks on Broadway by an earthquake The
prophecy was based On general laws and
antecedents (having no connection with the
Arizona earthquake, with relation TO which
the authentic data are not as yet at hand
for scientific digest, and strengthened By
the fact that New YORK. Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Washington, Alexandria, Freder-
icksburg, Richmond, Petersburg, ETC., are
right unon the line of geologic dsplace-
ment. The statement was made in scien-
tific lecture, Prof McGee saying nothing of
"the times and seasons" but using an in
duction from what are considered establish
ed premises in such reasonipgs
Yours respectfully a. S. MARYE
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Murdered aud Robbed.

WooDvnLE, Tex. May 1.-THE body Of
Charles Farmer, lumber checker for the
Yellow Pine Lumber Company, was found
last Wednesday in The woods near Comes.
neil by a colored boy. There were three
bullet holes in his back and three in his
head. There was no doubt of a foul muir.
der, and after three days search the testi.
mony pointed to R. A Hill as the murderer.
Lynching was threatened, aud to save him
self Hill confessed that he and James Albeit
decoyed Farmer into the woods, shot him
to death aud then robbed him. The only
objec, was robbery. Albeit is a horse thief.
Farmer was Virgiaian OF Industry and
thrift.
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Legislative.

Tn the State Senate yesterday the Senate
hill to provide for the recovery, by motion,
IF taxes and certain debts due the Common
wealth for the payment Of which coupons
have been rendered, commonly known rs
the coupon "crusher," passed by The House,
wss taken up and the amendments agreed TO.
The Committee on Public Institutions pre-
sented bill providing that the county or
CITY boards, desiring to sell or exchange
school property, may apply to judges OF the
circuit or corporation courts OF Inc county
or CITY for authority to sell or exchange.
Mr. Hurt introduced bill to amend Inc
charter of the town of North Danyille SO as
tn extend the corporate limits and PROVIDE
for having the streets Of that town.
A bill to amend sections and OF chap
ter l5S. entitled an act 10 provide Tor the
manner of choosing registrars and Judges
and clerks of election for the several coun-
ties and cities of the Commonwealth was re-
terred. The bill provides that the registrar 5
and Judges shall disappointed by the electoral
boards of the several counties and cities
from lists furnished by the chairmen OF the
different political parties; that the two CLERKS
for each precinct shall be appointed, one
from each party, and that there shall be
two supervisors selected in similar man
neI; that the registrars, under penalty OF a
fine. shall DO required 10 deposit copies oil
their registration books with the clerk oi
the county or corporation court, and that
any one so desiring shall be permitted to
copy the registration books.
A bill in relation to taX-receivable cou-
pom brokers, providing that any broker de-
string to sell tax-receivabie coupons shall
obtain separate license, for which 81 900 is
10 be paid for each county or city in which
he ofiers TO sell. and imposes heavy pen
atty for the violation of the law, was intro
duced.
A resolution was adopted calling upon
the Auditor TO furnish a statement showing
the amounts paid out of the public treasury
up TO the present time under and by virtue
of the provisions Of the act of Assembly APP
pointing Board of Indemnity for the pur-
poses sat forth in said act.
The bill to substitute Frederick county in
the Twelfth for Shenandoah county in the
Tenth Senatorial district provoked long
discussion, and was finally defeated by a
large majority.
A bill to attach the county of Dickinson
to the Second Senatorial district, was order.
ed to be engrossed.
The bill approprating $4,000 to the
Western Lunatic Asylum for necessary i'm
provements was ordered to its engrossment.
The bill to prevent the Governor and 9th
ers from hiring out convcts to manufactur-
ers where machinery is used was defeated.
The consideration of the report of the
Committee on the Code being resumed and
the republicans insisting upon the reading
OF the Code it was proceeded with. Att
o'clock this morning about one-third of the
932 pages had been read, and an ali night
session was conceded.
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New H,rODOsifiOn.

The legislative committee met Sir Ed
ward Thornton and Mr.. Brailhwate again
yesterday morning.
A letter was received lrom Mr.. Royal
asking the committee TO withhold their re-
port for twenty. four hours, and saying shat
he had telegraphed the foreign bondholders
with reference to new proposition.
The committee decided that it was neces-
sary to make the preliminary report.
Sir Edward Thornton and Mr.. Braith-
waite expressed regret that their mission
had been unsuccessful.
Mr. Royal sent n cablegram urging
the bondnolders to accept per cent. inter
est throughout on the consuls, q per cent.
all around on the McCulloch bonds, and
to fund the past due coupons at 10 cents on
the dollar, such bonds to bear interest at
three per cent. Mr.. Royal calculated that
this would, altogether, make capital OF
sos, 000,0 900, bearing an interest of between
100000 and $4,000 per annum. He
thought that this proposition was reason
able one and from conversations he had
had with various members Of the Legisla-
ture, he believed that, if agreed to by the
bondholders. it would be accepted by the
State
To this cabegram no responae has been
received, but it is hoped reply may
come to- day. Mr.. Royal hopes the response
will be favorable. 1t is also understood
that Governor Lee has made another effort
to effect q settlement.
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COURT OF APPEALS YEsTERDAY-Rob-
ert's administrator against Alexandria and
Fredericksburg Railroad Company. Argued
by Francis L. Smith, esq, for defendant in
error and submitted.
Lee and others against Smith and others
Argued By W. G. w. Farthing and Sgd
ney Smith, jr.. for appellants and j. F
Hubbard. esq, for appellees and submitted
Mullers administrator against Stone
Continued.
Bowen against Flanagan. Argued by
Samuel D. Davies, esq.,, for plaintiff in err
ror and George BRYAN for defendant in
error, and continued until to-day.
Sydney Smith, .jr., esq, was allowed to
practice as counsel in this court.
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TIE NORFOLK BANK CAsEs.-The Elk
change Bank cases were called in the
United States Circuit Court OF Norfolk yes.
terday with Judges Bond and Hughes on
the bench. They were on motion of the
counsel for the defendants, continued till
the November term except that the matter
will be entertained at the October term in
Richmond for the purpose OF hearing pleas or
demurrers, so that the cases may be ready
for actual trial there in November. The
reason for the motion TO continue was that
the indictments had been so recently found
that the defendants had not the time to
prepare for trial.
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Foreipn News.

BERLIN. May II Gen. Bouangers mob
ilization bill causes much uneasiness here.
Toe North German Gazette says tits OF much
greater Importance than appears at hrst
sight.
MADRID, May lit is reported that The
Carsts arc assisting the Cuban Separatisls
to organize an outbreak.
DUBLIN, May ll-At a meeting last night
of the Irish National League, MIR. Dillon
said that he had clearly in his mind n line
of policy for the people of Ireland, which he
would produce at the proper moment and
knock the bottom out OF the coercion bill.
When the coercion bill was passed the
landlords would find that the plan of cam
palgn would continue without the slightest
interruption or inconvenience. His pro-
posed policy would involve neither crime
nor violent resistance Of the law, but was q
system Of combination SO perfect, and the
people would be induced to act so Loyalty
towards each other that they would not
rsvert to crime and outrage.
VIENNA, May 1.-THE strike between
thu Germans and Czechs continues. vic.
lent scene occurred yesterday in the Inter.
haus between German and Czech deputies,
and professor Maasen was booted at the
University. Fierce street fights have taken
place at Prague between German students
and Czech mob.
PARIS, May 1.-The chamber Of deputies
has agreed to surlax of 10 francs per 100
Kilograms on all sugars.
General Boulanger's mobilization bill
provides for credit of S5,0O0000 francs
to defray the expenses of the experiment.
The maximum time for the mobilization is
fixed at 10 days.
LONDON, May 1l.-Alarming rumors are
in circulation in the lobby of the House of
Commons this afternoon in regard to Mr..
Parnell's health. One of these rumors is
to the effect that Mr.. Parnell is dead. Mr..
Justin Mccarthy asserts. however, that he
has seen telegram from Mr.. Parnell, stat
ing that he would be in London TO morrow
The dispatch, Mr.. Mccarthy says, is dated
| to day
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ExANDR1A.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY II.

TIE Evening Express, of Portland, Me
an influential and wellpatronized repubil'
csn paper in its State, says:
1--WE all admit those qualities of courage
ski ], fortitude and devotion displayed by
the ruling class in the South in their efforts
to break up the American Union and to es'
tab,ish on its ruins republic whose corner
stone should be slavery. We may concede
to their honesty of conviction, but fhey
were traitors none the less. And In 30 Ia,
as thew uphold the course then. SO now.
we NAV not ask them to apologize, we GER
tainIv NAV not trust the reins of govern
meut in their hands. And yet we nave done
On The Southern democracy controls TINS
Government to day, but under Limitations
Which enforce circumspection on its part;
In common decency the country shoulo
wait until the last Union soldier has passed
TO the other shore before destroying the last
barrier which was supposed to DIVIDE tnose
who fought for, from those who fougnt
against the Union 1861"
And vet when a. Southern democrat ad'
vises the people of the Valley of Virginia
against adding TO the show of Gen. Sher''
dams supposed parade through country
which he had ruthlessly devastated, he is
said by the same people who support The
Express to he cherishing the animosities Of
the civil war!
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COMMON COUNCIL

At regular meeting Of the Common c.
of the city of Alexandra held on the Iu,a .i,r.t
May, 1887, there were present Isaac E.eII.-.
esq, President, and Messrs. Aitche,ou. Saaei..
Fisher, Whiting, Corbett, Harrison Stllrr Ill.,.
Pullman, Sweeney aud PeSke
The following were called up aud laid oyer ST..
The report of the Corporation Attorney gn.r,.
question of the title TO tho lot ON Flye,,. .,r,..
between King and Cameron street, here.a..-.
leased to l.. d. Harrison, and the adverse rfi.-
of the Committee on Light upon the proposition
of the United Gas Improvement Company io .s..
the Gas Works.
The report of the Committee on Ightu gr..
petition of the Young Mems Christian Association
for the use of gas free at their rooms recommend
ing that free gas to the amount of $50 ae ium,.
ed to the said association, was called arald Il.
action thereon Ct the Board of Adcrmeu uoa.cg.
Cured in
The report of the Committee on Finance np..
the proposition of w. A. Smoot & Co. To Jesse
American Coal wharf, recommendm- 'a, d.
lease of the American Coal wharf be caucet
upon the payment Of s. 600, and this the Isl.
wharf be leased to W. A. Smoot IL Cos. lasr
nu4l rental of $500 from March lst. l~~- o. 3
vVmber 1st, 1870 the cssces TO put aud keeg
wharf in repair, was non-adopted.
Upon the report of the inspectors of taeOa
all certified 10 the City Council by the Corlb
tiOn Court, the committee on Public FroptrtyE
commended an appropriation of $3.50, or SO aat
thereof as may be necessary TO do the work l
that the work be put ont TO the lowest re-poua.
bidder, which report was read and laid oycr
Upon the petition Of tho American Cod c.-
plny for the repair of its wharf the Commute
Public Property reported that il would d. d,
from 81 200 to 81 800 to place the ssmr.
pair, which report was adopted, and the wa-s
dered to be done
The following were received from the Ioari
Aldermen and their action thereon couoITra
viz: The reports of the Committee Oh si1
upon the petition of Samuel Pullman o. so d.
curb and repair the gutter in front OF BIS pmpi
ty of same upon the petition of Chas ,sii
and others to have sbollcd the roadway ODD l-
eron street, between Patrick and Henry src.
of same upon the petition OF Fred G.. Rogers
set the curb and repair the gutter iu iioHto
property of same upon the petition of ,al,- y
Nourse to set the curb and repair tie -n.t,r
front of his property, and of same upon lhe r
tion Of John Hamers!ey and Others 10 ha1rats
the nuisance caused by the ditch on licnre So
between King and Princess streets. and s. a..
James Entwisle, jr., amounting TO 10 80.
The communication of + +. P,icc Aut.i5 r
to the appropriation for the Fire Department,
read and referred to the Committee on Fnsu9
The Board then adjourned.
Teste: JAMES L. CArpN Csis
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

There have hsen redeemed up to date
c 800 ,42G trade dollars.
The musical festival of Virginia and
North Carolina was began at Petersburg
yesterday.
Sherman & Marsh, barb wire manufac-
turers, of Chicago have assigned. Liabilities
Si4S, 900; assets $4,000
Thus far the Clerk Of the House of Rep.
resentatives has received the testimony in
| five contested election cases.
Brevet Major General Henry F. Clarke
died at his residence in Washington yester
day, in the sixty.seventh year ofhis age. He
served during the war; and at its close he
was brevet brigadier general. He was
placed on the retired list in 1884.
The frat meeting of the Grand Lodge Of
Maryland Masons, in connection with the
centennial celebration, was held last night
in Baltimore. The Grand Lodge was pre-
sented with bust of the Grand Master, and
the Grand Master was presented with the
Prince Of Wales jewel and medal.
A horrible murder was committed at
Tivoli Baltimore county, yesterday morn
ing. William Ritter and his wife had been
living happily for many years and had their
first quarrel early yesterday morning. At
half past nine the quarrel was renewed.
Ritter was worked up to frenzy and seized
an axe, with which he struck his wife on the
head, splitting it sqnarely open from the
crown to the base of the skull. The woman
fell to the floor and died instantly. Ritter is
in Jail
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PAYMENT OF TAXEs.-Mr. Pollard intro
duced bill in the House of Delegates yes
terday providing mode by which tax pay.
ers may obtain an extension of time for the
payment of taxes to the 1st day of June,
1855, without the imposition of the FIVE per
cent penalty. The bill provides that all
taxes for 1887, other than license taxes, shall
become due and be paid as follows: One
fourth September lst, 1887 one fourth De-
cember 1st, 1887; one-fourth March LIST,
1855, and the remaining fourth on June 1st,
1855. Treasures of each county and State
to make out separate tax bills for each pay
ment, and shall have power of collection by
distress or levy on and after the day on
which such instament becomes due. The
Auditor shall have prepared tax bills in pro
per form, distinguishing school taxes, and
on the back Of each shall be printed I'm
consideration Of the extension of the time of
the payment Of taxes for the year 1887,
due from me to the Commonwealth, to
the LIST June 1883, | hereby agree TO pay
such taxes on that day in gold, silver,
United States Treasury or National Bank
notes" The several treasnrers shall inform
each taxpayer, upon the presentation to
him of the first instalmens of taxes for 1887,
that by execution OF the agreement printed
on the back of the ticket he has right to
the extension of time. Nothing in this act
shall affect the laws in regard to the settle
ments of treasurers with the Common
Weallh
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Fires.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 1l.-At one
o'clock this morning fire broke out 10 the
second story of the Dyas Knitting Company 5
factory, corner Church and College streets,
in one of the most important business blocks
of the city, and before it was gotten under
control $4,000 worth of property was de-
stroyed.
HAvERHILL, Mass, Mag ia large fire
occurred at Newton Village. N. H., last
night Tie conflagraton started at about
midnight in the livery stables of George P.
Hoyt. It was caused by horse kicking
over lighted lantern. Twenty.one build
ings were burned, causing loss of $25 .000
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Masonic.

BALTIMORE, May 1.-THE city is crowd.
ed to-day with Masons who have come from
all parts OF the country to assist the Grand
Lodge of Maryland in celebrating its Cen
tennial. Grand Masters are here from Vir.
ignia, Pennsylvania, District Of Columbia, DEL
ware, Quebec, Michigan, Rhode Island and
Anew Jersey, and Past Grand Masters from
many States. This morning the visitors
were driven to Druid Hill Park and this af.
ternoon steamboat load was taken down
the hay
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FISH IN THE BAY.-Fishermen complain
that the stock of fish in the bay is being
rapidly destroyed by the pounds aud fixes
used by those who catch fish for the ish
factories along the coasts and it is probable
that some steps will be taken to induce the
Legislature to put summary stop to the
wholesale destruction of fish in Virginia
waters. 1t is claimed that the sheepshead
and several other varieties of fish are now
almost extinct, owing to the destructive
agencies employed by those who ostensibly
catch alewives for the fish factories.
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UNIFORMITY OF TAXATIoN-Mr. Koiner
IL. IL. !.

UNIFORMITY OF TAXATIoN.-Mr. Koiner
introduced the following in thu State Senate
yesterday, which went over under the rules:
Whereas the tenth article of the Constitution of
Virginia was designed to secure, not only equality
and uniformity of taxation in the assessment and
levy but chiefly in the equality aud uniformity of
paym nj of the same and whereas the payment Of
taxes. by some in deprecated paper at face value,
provides great inequality and injustice to those
who pay their taxes in currency now, therefore,
be it
Resolved, That the Committee on Courts Of JUS
tice be and arc hereby requested to inquire into
the expediency of so amending the tenth article
of the Constitution Of Virginia so as to empower
and require the Legislature to provide by law for
equality and uniformity in value of Judgment of
taxes, as well in the assessment and levy of the
Same.
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Fatal Result of n Ouarrel.

CATTLETTsBURG, KY, May 1l-Peter
Trip and Alexander Caldwell, well known
farmers, last week quarreled about a fence
and parted, threatening to kill each other
on sight. Both armed themselves, and
Monday evening met on road near town
and at once opened FIRE on each other. Trip
was instantly killed. Caldwell lived until
morning. It's believed that the SONS will
continue the feud.